social media

Caroline Berger finds out how social media is nurturing communication between two countries in conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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When we started our social media efforts, we knew it would provide us with a great way to communicate with like-minded individuals interested in UNICEF’s work. It has been a wonderful channel to speak directly with our volunteers and inform the masses of the work that’s being done for the world’s children.

However, nothing could prepare us for the overwhelming response we’ve received over the past few days. The generosity of the community coming together to help those affected by the earthquake in Haiti is nothing short of incredible.

Last month, I read an article about a survey on social media and nonprofits.

See that cute little green icon at the end of this post?
The one that looks like this?

If it's not familiar to you, I want you to know that little icon is there to make your life a little bit easier.

You can use it anytime you want to share something interesting from this site (or from any other site where you come across it) with your network of friends and family.

We get 10,000 mosquito nets more to fight malaria thanks to a bet won by Ashton Kutcher over media legacy CNN by attracting a million followers to his tweets. This event is newsworthy for me from two points.
I have recently been exploring how social media is transforming the way traditional media operates. This event tells how the individual can have a wider never-before outreach.

In my last post I wrote about being part of G20Voice. I’m really enjoying working as part of a coalition, supported by many people and organisations around the world that want to end poverty - a collaborative effort, which demonstrates the breadth of commitment to ending poverty and inequality.